Awning.



No. 802,193.y PATEN'TED OCT. 1'?, 1905. W. H. BROWN L H. M. BRADBURY.

AWNING.

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/1 UUR/JE No. 802,193. PATENTED 0CT.1'7, 1905. W. H. BROWN & H. M. BRADBURY.

AWNING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY1a.19o5.

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EINTTEE STATES PATENT EEIEE.

WILLIAM HENRY BROWN AND HENRY MALLARD BRADBURY, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

AWNING..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1'7, 1905.

Application filed May 18, 1905. Serial No. 260,963.

To all whom, ift Amay concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM HENRY BnowN and HENRY MALLARD BRADB URY, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Awning, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to a ventilated awning, and the principal objects thereof are to provide means for permitting a circulation of air, and especially for allowing the air which ordinarily collects near the top of an awning and in the upper part of a roem to beV discharged through the awning itself.

Further objects of the invention are to provide for regulating this means and to further improve the awning in certain respects, which will be mentioned below.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specilication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window, showing the rear part of an awning connected therewith. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the awning. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4is a sectionalview, on an enlarged scale, on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

The window, as is usually the case, is provided with a pair of vertical bars 10, upon which are slidably mounted bearings 11, which carry a frame 12, pivotally mounted thereon. At the top of the window is a crossbar 1.3, having eyes 14, by means of which it may be screwed or otherwise secured to the building, and between this bar and the frame 1.2 is mounted the cover 15 of the awning. This cover may be made in the usual or any desired form and is ordinarily raised by means of cords 16 or other connections passing over pulleys 17 and capable of being secured to the building in any desired position. Extending from the rod 13 to the frame 12 are a pair of chains 18 er similar connections passing through casings 1.9, formed on the corners of the cover. These casings are each provided with an enlarged portion 20, located at some convenient point, preferably near the center or up' er portion of the awning, and in these en arged portions leather or similar stiff and strong material is placed in the form of shields 21. These shields inclose plates 22, preferably of metal. These plates are connected to the chains 1S at their opposite ends and form bearings for studs 23. These studs arc either rigidly or pivotally connected with a frame 24, which is of U shape and extends across the awning. This frame is provided with an extension 25 upon one side, forming an arm or lever by means of which the frame can be swung upon its pivotshnamely, the studs 23.

For swinging the lever and frame an dv holding it in any desired position a flexible connection 26 is secured to the end of the lever, and this connection preferably extends both upwardly and downwardly thereform and can be secured to a button 27 or similar device on the frame of the window. The frame 24 is provided with a cover 2S, which preferably forms an extension of the upper part of the cover 15, but may be separate therefrom, if desired. This cover may be provided with a depending edge, the same as is usually used for the bottom portions of awnings, and said. cover may be ornamented or constructed in any desired way so long as the principle of the invention is preserved. It is usually, in fact, formed like a small awning with side flaps 29.

The operation of the device is very simple and will be readily understood. A slit 30, which is formed across the awning in any desired position, can be closed by the cover 28 by the simple operation of loosening the lower part of the cord 26 and pulling up the upper part, so as to raise the lever 25 and lower the frame 24. By adjusting the cord 26 this cover can. be secured in any desired position either to close the slit entirely or to provide a covered opening, so that the air can circulate through the slit and the warm air from the awning can iind a way of escape. With this cover in either closed or opened position the awning itself can be closed in the ordinary Way by operating the cords 16. It will also be observed that by mounting the upper part of the awning upon the bar 13, which can be secured to the building byscrews or by permanent hooks, the awning can be readily mounted and disnlounted without the necessityof tasking or nailing it to the window-casing, thus injuring the latter. The

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operation of tacling the awning to the top of the window-casing would also be disagreeable and sometimes dangerous, and this is done away with by the present invention. Furthermore, an opening is provided at the top of the awning, through which air can ascend, and as the air entrapped at this point is usually at a high temperature this affords an additional means of relief from the heat which is usually present in awnings with closed tops. The chains 18 also afford additional support for the awning-frame and provide for carrying the frame 24 in a rnost eiiicient and economical manner.

Having thus described our invention, we claiin as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination of an awning having a slit, a flexible connection for supporting the awning, a bearing-plate mounted on said connection, and a frame pivotally mounted upon said bearing-plate and located above said slit for supporting an awning-cover.

2. The combination of an awning having a slit, a pivoted and slidable frame for the lower part of the awning, a connection for said frame, a bearing-plate mounted on said connection, and a second frame mounted in said bearing-plate, both of said frames being adapted to support awning-covers.

3. The combination of an awning having a slit, a cross-bar at the top of the awning for supporting it, said cross-bar being removably mounted, a pivoted and slidable frame for the lower part of the awning, a chain connecting said cross-bar and said frame, a bearing plate mounted on said chain, and a frame pivotally mounted in said bearingplate and located above said slit.

4. The combination with an awning having a slit, of a cover pivotally mounted upon the awning and over the slit, and means Vfor moving the cover said means comprising a lever rigidly connected with said cover and extending inwardly therefrom, and a connection secured to said lever and extending upwardly and downwardly therefrom.

ln testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY BROWN. HENRY MALLARI) BRDBURY.

Vitnesses:

l/VrLLIAM M. JoHNsToN, CHAs. F. TI-roMrsoN, Jr. 

